Tyrus Thomas chipped in with 14 points off the bench, while Nazr Mohammed
contributed 10 for Charlotte, which snapped a four-game slide and won for only
the second time in its last eight overall.

The 67-year-old Silas took over for Larry Brown, who resigned from his post on
Wednesday after the Bobcats got off to a 9-19 start this season.

Silas returned to the NBA coaching ranks for the first time since he was
fired by the Cleveland Cavaliers near the end of the 2004-05 season.

Prior to the contest, Silas held a 355-400 record in the NBA and ranks as the
all-time winningest coach in Hornets history, spending four-plus years with
the team and leading it to the playoffs in each of his four full seasons. The
Hornets moved from Charlotte to New Orleans during his tenure.

"It was great," Silas said about returning to coaching. "It brought back old
memories; it just comes back to you. You just want to win. You tell the
players what they're doing, and I've got great assistant coaches that are
helping me. It's going to take some time but I liked the effort tonight. If we
continue to play with this kind of effort then it's unbelievable what we can
do."

Charlie Villanueva finished with a team-high 25 points for the Pistons, who
have dropped two straight and are now a woeful 3-13 on the road this season.
Tayshaun Prince and Ben Gordon each netted 17 points in defeat.

In the fourth and Charlotte ahead a seemingly comfortable 16-point advantage
at 87-71, Gordon hit a three-pointer to spark a 13-3 Pistons' run. Chris
Wilcox capped it with a free throw to get Detroit within 90-84 with 5:54 to
play.

"I thought the energy of the second group that we put in for the second half
was great," Pistons head coach John Kuester said. "They did a good job of
getting us back into the game."

The Bobcats built their lead up to 101-90 with 2:45 to play, but Detroit came
back to score the next 10 points and make it a one-point game with 1:01 to
play.

Thomas' putback on the Charlotte's ensuing possession made it a three-point
game and it stayed that way after each side came up empty on subsequent trips.

Out of a Detroit time out, Gordon missed from beyond the arc with 11.8 seconds
left and Thomas, who grabbed the board, was fouled, then missed both at the
line.

Again, the Pistons called a time out and like the last possession, Gordon was
off the mark from three-point distance with 2.8 ticks remaining. Thomas' two
makes at the line sealed the 105-100 win.

Villanueva's three-pointer beat the first-quarter buzzer to pull Detroit even
at 26-all after the opening 12 minutes.

However, the Bobcats exploded with a 24-2 run to start the second. DeSagana
Diop finished off a string of 13 straight points with a jumper that gave
Charlotte a 39-26 lead with 7:42 left before halftime.

Tracy McGrady's layup snapped the burst, but the hosts answered by scoring the
next 11 to grab a 50-28 advantage with 4:09 remaining. They settled for a
56-40 lead at the break.

Mohammed put Charlotte up by 20, 76-56, near the midway point of the
third and it maintained a double-digit lead throughout the quarter. Augustin's
make in the closing seconds gave the Bobcats an 85-69 edge after three.

Game Notes

Charlotte all-star forward Gerald Wallace missed his fifth straight game with
a sprained left ankle...The Bobcats, who improved to 7-7 at home, shot 52.6
percent from the field and made 10-of-17 from three-point distance...Detroit
made 43.7 percent of its shots and hit 11-of-19 from beyond the arc...Despite
the loss, the Pistons are still 14-6 in their last 20 meetings with the
Bobcats.